Street Taco’s

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subheading: INGREDIENTS For Street Tacos:

Skirt steak or hanger steak (About 3 lbs)

Orange juice

One large white onion

Cilantro

Lime juice

Ground Cumin seed

Garlic

Salt

Pepper

White corn tortillas

subheading: MARINADE:

subheading: This marinade is what makes these tacos. It gives them the authentic ‘street’ taco flavor without adding globs of other things:

subheading: Mix:

3 to 4 cups of orange juice (Enough to fully cover the meat in a freezer bag.

1 tablespoon of lime juice

1 tablespoon of ground cumin seed

1 tablespoon of minced garlic (Fresh is always best, but sometimes I use the stuff that comes in a jar)

1 tablespoon of finely chopped cilantro

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon pepper

subheading: Directions:

Put marinade in a large freezer bag, along with the meat and get enough air out of the bag so the meat is completely in the marinade.

Now, so far as time, I’ve sometimes only marinated the meat for a few hours. Mostly though, I like to let it sit in the refrigerator for two days.

I’ve read that the citric acids break down the meat, and it does seem to be more tender the longer you let it sit.

subheading: TOPPING:

There is nothing more than white onion and cilantro. Dice up a whole onion and mix in ¼ cup of chopped cilantro.

subheading: COOKING THE MEAT:

The only way to go on this is BBQ. Sear the meat on both sides and turn over regularly.

Skirt steak is sliced pretty thin, so it doesn’t take long to cook. Usually, you’ll want to cook till about medium done.

You may like you meat cooked a little more, and that’s fine because after cooking, it does take awhile to chop up the meat (Into fingernail sized pieces) and the meat cools down.

Re-heating the meat, after it’s all chopped, in the microwave cooks it just a tad more. After all, who wants tacos with cold meat?

subheading: TORTILLAS:

White corn tortillas (In my humble opinion) are the best for tacos.

There are many ways to heat up tortillas and everyone has their favorite. But for what it’s worth, this is how I do mine.

Tear off two paper towels and fold. Wet the paper towels. Wring enough water out of them so they’re wet, but not dripping wet.

Wrap 4 tortillas up in the paper towels and heat in the microwave (high) for one minute.

They’ll come out hot, moist and very flexible. I use two tortillas per taco, so you’re getting two tacos out of this. Re-wet the towels between tortillas.

So, you’ve got your tortillas all set, just add meat and topping and prepare yourself for some awesomely authentic "Street" tacos! Enjoy!!

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